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joining us now is karen finney because i mentioned naral, she is a board member at naral. thank you for your time. >> good to be with you. >> you're a political pro. what does it mean when one side is running ads saying how scary the other side's position is and the other side is saying the exact same thing? i feel this is rarely the way fights go. >> we're all saying we agree that the republicans want to make drastic changes to medicare. i think it goes to the point that you made earlier and why we look at things like honest and trustworthiness and shares my values so closely in the polling. there's an agreement that republicans want to make a change. the question for voters is who do you trust? if changes have to be made who do you trust to be the steward of those changes? they go into that conversation with a deficit. democrats largely are more trusted on the issue of medicare than republicans. they're already starting with a trust deficit on an issue where they haven't locked in on a message that's going to get them even with democrats. as we saw from the aarp response
joining us now is karen finney because i mentioned naral, she is a board member at naral. thank you for your time. >> good to be with you. >> you're a political pro. what does it mean when one side is running ads saying how scary the other side's position is and the other side is saying the exact same thing? i feel this is rarely the way fights go. >> we're all saying we agree that the republicans want to make drastic changes to medicare. i think it goes to the point that you...
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joining us now is karen finney, a former communications director for the democratic party. because i mentioned naral, she is a board member at naral pro-choice america. you a political pro. what does it mean when one side is running ads saying how scary that side's position is and the other side is saying yeah, we're saying the exact same thing. >> we're saying we all agree the republicans want to make drastic changes to medicare. it goes to the point that you made earlier in the intro here and it goes to partially why we look at things like honest and trutworthiness and shares my values so closely in the polling and that is there's an agreement that republicans want to make a change. the question for voters is who do you trust? if changes have to be made, who do you trust to be the steward of those changes? one of the things we know, republicans have admitted this, they go into that conversation with a deficit, right? democrats largely are more trusted on the issue of medicare than republicans. so they're already starting with a trust deficit on an issue where they haven't
joining us now is karen finney, a former communications director for the democratic party. because i mentioned naral, she is a board member at naral pro-choice america. you a political pro. what does it mean when one side is running ads saying how scary that side's position is and the other side is saying yeah, we're saying the exact same thing. >> we're saying we all agree the republicans want to make drastic changes to medicare. it goes to the point that you made earlier in the intro...
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karen finney, former communications director for the dnc, also an msnbc political analyst and political analyst john ferry. thanks for sticking around with me. we bron wi news with ahmadinej ahmadinejad's speech. >> up by 2 points since mid-july, obama's ringsor iscig going week really do or die for mitt romney on the campaign trail this week and then leading into october 3rd, that first debate? >> well, i think he's behind in ohio, for example. and i think his campaign is starting to gear up post democrat convention. rexe, they've just started getting ads in youngstown, ohio. they're going to have to pick up the pace. the debating are going to be critical. think he had a very good "60 w pyfunny.ie having bill clinton say something nice about you might give him a bounce, which i think he desperately needs. >> karen, we see in each of these new polls, the women are the driving force, but the romney campaigns s they see a chigen t polls seem to indicate, basically downplaying what's out there right now. could they be right? could things be a lot tighter than we're seeing? >> well, it's to
karen finney, former communications director for the dnc, also an msnbc political analyst and political analyst john ferry. thanks for sticking around with me. we bron wi news with ahmadinej ahmadinejad's speech. >> up by 2 points since mid-july, obama's ringsor iscig going week really do or die for mitt romney on the campaign trail this week and then leading into october 3rd, that first debate? >> well, i think he's behind in ohio, for example. and i think his campaign is starting...
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and matt miller, karen finney, and susan delpersio. don't go anywhere. "now with alex wagner" is coming up in all her glory. she's live in charlotte. boy, can this lady draw a crowd? hi, alex. >> we're live and direct from janet jackson rhythm style, headphones from the site of the democratic convention in charlotte. is former president bill clinton still speaking? i'm not sure. we will evaluate the former president's show stopper of a speech and his case for government cooperation and president obama. john heilman, sam stein and mark lebovich join the panel. new york city's council speaker christy quinn joins us for a look at the party platform and front and center emphasis on social issues. all that when "now" starts in a mere 180 seconds. ♪ ♪ i can do anything ♪ i can do anything today ♪ i can go anywhere ♪ i can go anywhere today ♪ la la la la la la la [ male announcer ] dow solutions help millions of people by helping to make gluten free bread that doesn't taste gluten free. together, the elements of science and the human element can sol
and matt miller, karen finney, and susan delpersio. don't go anywhere. "now with alex wagner" is coming up in all her glory. she's live in charlotte. boy, can this lady draw a crowd? hi, alex. >> we're live and direct from janet jackson rhythm style, headphones from the site of the democratic convention in charlotte. is former president bill clinton still speaking? i'm not sure. we will evaluate the former president's show stopper of a speech and his case for government...
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finney, also the former dnc communications director. and msnbc contributor and republican strategist susan del percio. it's good to see all three of you. you looking like you're all coordinated, looks really good on the air. we'll begin with you, erin. as we start with mitt romney who's getting a slight bounce in the latest reuters/ip sos poll. >> it depends on how the democratic convention goes, but that the benefit of being the party in power, in this case the democrats have the white house so they get to have their convention second. so we think that president obama will probably come with a bounce in the polls to start the fall campaign. but i'd also add this -- despite the republican convention was widely considered a success, two big things we're talking about this morning include clint eastwood's widely panned performance and also the omission of the war in afghanistan and troops in terrorist in mitt romney's speech. of course that creates a big opening for president obama next week. >> we'll get to clint eastwood in a second. bu
finney, also the former dnc communications director. and msnbc contributor and republican strategist susan del percio. it's good to see all three of you. you looking like you're all coordinated, looks really good on the air. we'll begin with you, erin. as we start with mitt romney who's getting a slight bounce in the latest reuters/ip sos poll. >> it depends on how the democratic convention goes, but that the benefit of being the party in power, in this case the democrats have the white...